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Monthly Archives: December 2018

At Archie and Sandy’s. Always a fun event.
Checking in on Archie’s model train project, there are improvements and additions every year. Archie says it will never be finished.
This little Christmas tree is all horses, a passion of Sandy’s.
Sandy has been riding horses and competing for decades. She also sews all of her fancy riding jackets.

Black faux leather tunic over floral turtleneck:
With the scraps and a long-ago-purchased t-shirt from a trip to Canada, I made a pillow for Justin’s couch:
Sophia picked this flannel for her annual pajama bottoms:
I took apart an old Wild Bryde farm animal necklace – I think I wore it once to the Sacramento County Fair when Justin and Thais were in 4-H (necklace totally out of place, by the way) – and used the animals to make an Old MacDonald Christmas stocking. It wasn’t quite finished on Christmas Eve when everyone was over, but I did show it to Thais and Carson, who pointed to the farmer and asked, “Is that me?”
This was my holiday season of sewing. Now what should I make?

At Leah (Lenin’s sister) and Jeff Kral’s.
When it’s time to open presents, everyone stakes out a location in the room or on the stairs. Carson chose to sit between my legs on the lower steps 🙂 He waited patiently while all the presents were passed out.

At St Ignatius. The students sit at the back of the church in their grade-level groups. Sophia and 4th grade classmates:
It’s very crowded. Arriving 30 minutes early and getting in line before the doors open is a must if you want a seat closer to the front.
I used to try to get really close to take pictures of each group, kneeling on a cold floor for too long. Now, I briefly stand up, zoom in as far as possible, and hope for the best. Sophia is in the first row, far left (I think).
Our crew:
The last song, “Go Tell It on the Mountain”, all students stand in the aisles, and everyone sings.